Legal Opinion
Jessie Berger v. Iron Workers Reinforced Rodmen Local 201, International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 5, 1988No. 85-6217PublishedCited by 180 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by EDWARDS, STARR and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.
2Per curiam
This case involves a class action brought by eight black construction workers alleging racial discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1982) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (1982). The plaintiffs charged that various requirements for admission to Local 201 of the Iron Workers Reinforced Rodmen (the “Union”) and to its international union, the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers (the “International”), discrimina-torily denied black…
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